[Note:Vamped Buffy will be referred to as V-Buffy]


Chapter 21: Is foreplay always good?


Scene: Just outside the town of Sunnydale


V-Buffy dropped the vampire to the ground as he scurried away like a cat with his tail between his legs.

"And close the door on your way out." V-Buffy said innocently to the scurrying vampire.

After the vampire closed the door V-Buffy turned towards Xander, "Alone at last." she said as she came towards him while he untied his other hand from the bed.

"Oh, you want to play." she said as she flug Xander back onto the bed just as he was getting off of it.

Xander knew that if he didn't do something soon he would lose his one opportunity of escape. So, when V-Buffy jumped on top of him Xander brought his legs to his chest and kicked her across the room. Usually being kicked across the room would piss off a vampire or anyone for that matter, but it seemed to have the opposite effect on V-Buffy.

"There's my bad boy." she said with a smile.

Xander jumped off of the bed as he took in his options. He knew he probably couldn't make it to the door faster than her, so he looked for something to defend his self with, but the only weapon he found was the spoon he picked up from his now destroyed plate of food on the floor.

V-Buffy laughed, "Oh Xander, there's only one spooning I want from you." she said as she made her approach towards him.

Xander threw the spoon at her and made a last ditch effort for the door, but to no avail as V-Buffy grabbed him from behind and threw him back onto the bed. It took a second for Xander to shake the cobwebs and that was all the time that V-Buffy needed as she snapped a pair of handcuffs onto his left hand. Xander tried to escape her grasp, but she was too strong as she handcuffed his left hand to the bedpost.

"You'll never have me, even if you turn me." Xander said feeling that if he couldn't win the physical battle he would at least win the verbal one.

This stopped V-Buffy momentarily as she looked at him. If Xander didn't know better he would've sworn he saw a little bit of his Buffy in her almost pained expression, but her pained expression was swiftly replaced with one of anger.

"You can't resist me!" she screamed as she morphed into her vampire face, then after a second her face reverted back into the face that Xander had fallen in love with as she seemed to get control of her emotions.


V-Buffy looked at him intensely, "It's so pleasurable, becoming one. The act of it is beyond ecstasy." she said in a honey laced whisper that made the hairs on the back of Xander's neck stand up. Xander seemed like he was temporarily in a daze as he looked into her eyes. After a moment passed he seemed to snap out of it and swung his free hand at V-Buffy, but she caught it with ease.

V-Buffy looked at Xander's hand as she was overcomed with the hunger and bit into his wrist, still in her human visage, causing Xander to flinch in pain.

After a second she stopped and looked up at him, "Oh, I'm sorry honey, but you know how much I love foreplay." she said innocently.
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Scene: Giles' place


It was now getting to be dark as Buffy sat down in one of Giles' chairs, exhausted from her search for Xander.

She had been searching all day and all she had to show for it was a pair of sore feet and tired legs. About two and a half hours ago she went to the hospital and found out that Giles had been released. When she got to his place Willow and Oz were leaving, saying that they were going to the library to pick up some books Giles thought might be more helpful in the research. Giles had wanted to go to the library to do some research, but Willow and Oz had finally talked him into staying home so that he could get some rest between research and he'd reluctantly agreed, but only because he was still filling the effects of his attack.

"No luck?" Giles asked as Buffy sat down in the chair.

"No." she said in a angry and defeated manner as she picked up one of the many books from the floor next to the chair and looked questionably towards Giles as she held up the book, "Twenty ways to skin a Locus demon?"

"Yes...well, that's why Willow and Oz went to the library." Giles replied.

Buffy put the book down and stared off into the other room in a defeated manner.

"We'll find him." Giles said trying to comfort her.

"Yeah, but when? When he's.....(she trailed off looking down at the ground for a moment and then continuing), "Too many people have died because of me." she said in a low voice.

Giles knew that slayers go through alot in their lives, but what he saw in the expression of this young woman in front of him told him that she had maybe seen the worst.

"What happened?" he asked thinking maybe if she'd talk about it she might feel better.

Buffy just looked at him for a second.

"In your reality, what happened?"

Buffy looked hesitant for a moment and then started telling him about her reality, about her dying in the master's liar, about Kendra, about Angel, and lastly Angel losing his soul and killing Ms. Calender. After she was done Giles just sat back and let out a breath that he didn't know he was holding before looking back at her, "Buffy, you could not have known that sleeping with Angel would cause him to lose his soul any more than you could've known that Xander was going to be kidnapped here." he said taking a moment for his words to sink in before continuing, "We'll find Xander."

Buffy looked up at him and nodded her head as she fought back the tears. Then, after a moment Giles continued, "And we'll get you back to your reality."

At Giles' last remark Buffy's expression went from one of sorrow to one of realization, "My reality." she said as she got up.

"Buffy?" Giles said in a questioning tone.

"You guys keep researching this guy Willow and Oz encountered." Buffy said as she went to Giles' weapons trunk and grabbed some stakes from it before continuing, "I'm going to keep searching for Xander."

"Buffy you've been all over town...(Giles was cut off by Buffy), "Not everywhere." she said as she closed Giles' weapons trunk and left.

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Scene: Willy's


"Just tell him that I need that shipment of O-positive in before Monday." Willy said as he hung up the phone in disgust.

"Can you believe the nerve of that guy?" Willy said to one of the customers at the bar, who looked to be halfway normal. Well, except for the fact that he had a snake coming out of one of his huge ears.

"Nice trick." Willy said before going to the other side of the counter.

Someone steps into the bar as a slight chill of wind goes through the bar.

"Could you please close the door, not all of us have a body temperture below freezing." Willy said while he polished off the counter.

The man approached Willy, "I'm looking for someone."

"Yeah, aren't we all. I can't help you with that, but I can offer you a....(Willy was cut off by a hand grasping his throat) "I want to know where SHE is!" the man says as he holds up a picture of Buffy towards Willy with his free hand.

Willy would have tried to answer except two things stopped him, one being the fact that he could hardly breath, and the other being that someone beat him to it.

"You want me. I'm right here." Buffy said at the doorway.
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